590 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATUBAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. 



Herbs, ebect with Alteknaxe, Exstipulate, Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Map.gins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Flowers, Minute, in Heads. 



Aster asperulus, 



CuMPOSITJE. 



F. B. I. iii. 252. 



Himalaya. 



East of the Eavi 4- 



9.000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett)., 

 Brachyactis menthodora, 

 Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 253. 

 Sind Valley. 

 Kashmir 12,000 ft. 



(Clarke). 



Inner Flowers Tubular, Outer Ligulate. 



bracts of heads green, linear-lanceolate, long 

 pointed, pappus hairs single, much shorter than the 

 corollas and achenes, reddish, corollas inner 5- 

 toothed, outer 20-30, -l-f in. long, entire or minute- 

 ly toothed, anther-bases blunt, entire, style-arms 

 flattened ; achenes |-i in., flattened, hairy. 



very like the last species, but the stem is nearly 

 smooth, leaf -stalks winged, pappus as along as the 

 corollas. 



Erigeron linifolius, 

 Flea bane, 



Composure. 



F. B. I. iii. 251. 



The Plains to 7,000 ft, 



Simla (Collett). 



Erigoron canadensis, 



medium size, root perennial, stem annual glan- 

 dular, velvety, odour of mint, stiff, branches short, 

 erect ; leaves 1-2 in., oblong-lanceolate, ovate, 

 sharply toothed, lower long-stalked, upper sessile, 

 half stem-clasping, prolonged down the stem,; 

 flowers, outer bluish, inner yellow in heads |^-§ in. 

 towards the top of the stem, or the ends of the bran- 

 ches, bracts of the heads green, few in 2-3 series, 

 linear, velvety, ^ as long as the flowers, 1-2 

 outer often much larger and leafy, floor of head not 

 pitted, corollas, inner 5-toothed, outer minutely 

 ligulate, pappus i in., reddish, anther-bases blunt, 

 not divided, style-arms narrow, flattened, tips 

 narrowly lanceolate, achenes -\q in., quite flat, 

 nearly smooth, margins thickened. 



medium size to large, annual, more or less hairy, 

 much branched ; leaves 1^-4 in., linear, often entire, 

 sessile, crowded ; flowers minute, inner yellow, 

 outer pale purple or white in heads J in. diam., on 

 many slender stalks forming a leafy flat-topped 

 branching raceme, bracts of heads in few series, 

 floor of head naked, flat or slightly convex pappus 

 often dovible, the outer of a few hairs or bristles, 

 corollas inner tubular 5-toothed, outer in several 

 rows, ligulate, ligules short or long, entire or 

 minutely toothed, anther bases blunt, entire, style- 

 arms flattened, tips lanceolate, long or short ; 

 achenes flattened, beaked. A garden escape. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



